Book
Through the Lens of Lee Kip Lin: Photographs of Singapore 1965−1995
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Collection Highlights
30 June 2015
Close to 500 photographs showcase the exuberance and eloquence of the different built forms, in an era when time and space in Singapore were more accommodating.
By Lai Chee Kien
Singapore: National Library Board and Editions Didier Millet, 2015.
About the Book
In 2009, the family of the late Lee Kip Lin donated to the National Library Board of Singapore over 14,500 slides and negatives of modern Singapore that he had taken, among other items of historical merit such as maps, rare photographs and prints, and books. Over three decades from 1965 to 1995, Lee captured the many landscapes and buildings that would eventually disappear from the island and its shores. Close to 500 photographs have been reproduced in this book to showcase the exuberance and eloquence of the different built forms – in an era when time and space in Singapore were more accommodating.